A new map has revealed where quicksand can be found in the US after a woman walking along a beach in Maine nearly lost her life in a liquified pit. Quicksand can form on beaches, tidal flats ...

The urban legend that any time any of us could be walking on grass and suddenly get sucked into the ground by random quicksand. If you’re a child of the 80s you know what I’m talking about.

Getty Quicksand is not like it appears in the movies. The mixture — which is a combination of sand and water, according to Scientific American — typically occurs in areas near water ...

If the weather ever perks up, you might think about hitting the beach – but after a woman’s tale of falling into quicksand went viral, it’s worth knowing where to look out for the hidden danger.

Quicksand has a lethal reputation: a surprisingly high percentage of movie villains drown in it, and quite a few heroes have saved a damsel in distress from a silty, sloppy end. But quicksand is ...

Though the threat of drowning in quicksand may be a core fear of any movie buff, some social media users have claimed it is "physically impossible to sink entirely in quicksand." One Reddit post ...

His words end in a squawk. Jon's arms fling up, elbows stiff, fingers splayed. I hear the dread word: "Quicksand!" Quicksand is odd: a bed of silt becomes saturated with water so that its grains ...

Right into Quicksand. Yes, she laughs when I ask; it will be a place where one could easily get stuck. Fans of Golden Hour Wine, a natural wine-focused spot, would note that it’s a just warning.

Her husband, Patrick Acord, 38, said that he and his wife were walking side by side when she dropped about 2.5 feet into what they later found out to be quicksand. While a person being trapped in ...

The urban legend that any time any of us could be walking on grass and suddenly get sucked into the ground by random quicksand. If you're a child of the 80s you know what I'm talking about.